Processing High- and Low-Quality Semen in Horses (AAEP 2011)
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
April 3, 2012
Using cooled-shipped semen to breed mares is a common practice, but not all spermatozoa tolerate cooling well.
Using cooled-shipped semen to breed mares is a common practice, but not all spermatozoa tolerate cooling well.
Foss explained a number of scientifically advanced assisted reproduction techniques and relayed how they work.
Rob Foss, DVM, of Equine Medical Services in Columbia, Mo., discusses equine reproductive technology, including oocyte transfer, embryo cryoperservation, in-vitro oocyte maturation, in-vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and more.
The time required to train a stallion to use a dummy mount can range from few days to several weeks.
A scaled-up single layer centrifugation method improved stored semen quality.
Precise timing and specialized tools are the mainstays of successful equine insemination.
There are more than 40 live cloned horses. What have we learned and what concerns do we have?
The blue roan Quarter Horse mare died last week in Weatherford, Texas, at the age of 31.
Since the first live foal produced by embryo transfer was born in 1974, the procedure has become one of the most popular assisted reproduction options for breeders with mares who are valuable or for mares that are to remain in competition. According
One of the popular Table Topics sessions held at the 2010 American Association of Equine Practitioners Annual Meeting, held Dec. 4-8 in Baltimore, Md., revolved around equine embryo transfer.
Treatment with equine follicle-stimulating hormone (eFSH) does not increase healthy mares’ conception rates, researchers recently reported.
The hormone eFSH is used to stimulate donor mares’ ovaries to increase the number of
John P. Hurtgen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, the father of modern embryo transfer, died early this morning while helping a mare to foal at his Nandi Farm in Pennsylvania.
Hurtgen, 62, is reported to have collapsed while assisting the foalin
What was the hottest news in equine veterinary medicine in 2009? During the popular Kester News Hour session at the annual American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention, three top veterinarians (who focus on equine reproduction, inte
The world’s first foal from a biopsied and vitrified embryo transferred into a surrogate mare was born Jan. 27, 2010, at Minitube International Center for Biotechnology in Mount Horeb, Wisc. The procedure used to create the filly provides ho
Veterinarian Dirk Vanderwall, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACT, is leaving the University of Idaho College of Agricultural and Life Sciences to join the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine at the New Bolton Center. Vanderwall will lead a
On Monday, March 9, the Board of Directors of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) voted that action on a member proposal to approve the registration of foals produced by cloning be postponed until the 2010 AQHA Annual Convention. In th
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